I was wondering where my problem of getting incorrect focus could be
stemming from. Right now, I have two Windows. Window A is in the
foreground and Window B is directly behind it. I bring Window B to the
foreground by making a call to ::SetWindowPos( . . . ) and setting it
as the top most window and also making it non-windowed (i.e. full
screen). Unfortunately, when I attempt to click on something on Window
B, Window B APPEARS to lose focus and focus is transfered to Window A
behind it. For example, I click on a text field and the carat appears,
but when I try to type something in it, nothing comes out. I have tried
using ::SetForegroundWindow( . . . ) and ::SetFocus( . . . ) on Window
B before bringing it to the foregorund, but nothing seems to work.
Anyone have any idea what this problem could be? Thanks.

Hi,

What happens when you try someThing like this:

SetWindowPos()
SetForegroundWindow()

OR,

SetWindowPos()
SetFocus()

Kellie.

Calls to

SetWindowPos
SetForegroundWindow

did the trick! Thanks again.

Recently, I decided to use the HtmlHelp API function to launch my Help
application instead of CreateProcess like I originally did and
SetWindowPos()/SetForegroundWindow() ceased to work anymore. The Help
application would get focus when it was behind my other window. Maybe
I'll just switch back to using CreateProcess.. Who knows.. Weird.

Hi,

Are you handling the htmlHelp API properly?

pszFile = "MySample.chm";

HtmlHelp(NULL, pszFile, HH_DISPLAY_TOPIC, (DWORD) "MyFirst.htm");

HtmlHelp(NULL, NULL, HH_CLOSE_ALL, NULL);

You should pass the hwndCaller as a NULL argument so that HTML Help
displays the Help topic in the sibling mode, which causes the HTML
Help to display the Help topics in a separate top-level overLapped
help window, that is displayed alongSide the calling application,
which is the parent window.

Kellie.